[MOC] The Emperor's Lambda Class Shuttle

[Evilkirk]

The Emperor's Private Shuttle, 5347 parts.

For those who missed my other post with the standard Lambda Class Shuttle - I've made 3 different sets of instructions and all buyers have access to all 3 designs: The Emperor's shuttle + a standard Lambda Class Shuttle + and empty shuttle with no interior.

The main external differences that marked His Imperial Majesty's personal ship from standard Fleet shuttles, were the simple grey stripe that runs down the middle of the cockpit and the lack of any colouring on the wings and dorsal fin.  Inside it, however, is a bit of a mystery. The only scrap of info I could find, described there being "2 rows of plush purple seating"... now I doubt very much that the Emperor of the whole Galaxy ever sat in such 'bus style' seats, so I gave him his own private office at the rear and left the purple seating for his evil-looking advisors/courtiers who we saw disembarking from the Emperor's shuttle on the 2nd Death Star.

I've also designed 2 display stands for showing the ship in flight mode - both are FREE downloads available on my Rebrickable page. 

Lastly, I’d just like to add that personally, this was always more than just a Lego creation.
It's a Lego brick-built replica of what is, to me, the single most elegant and beautiful ship in all of Star Wars. This is something that I've dreamed of making since I was a kid in the 70's - and now it's time to share it with others. Whether you’re just here to admire the pics, or if you’re planning to build it for yourself, I really do hope that you’ll enjoy my dream build.

 

 

 

[Calanon]

Looks excellent. I really like that Palpatine has a secluded area. Nice work on the doors too.

[Evilkirk]

47 minutes ago, Calanon said:

Looks excellent. I really like that Palpatine has a secluded area. Nice work on the doors too.

Thanks!! Yes, I just can't imagine Palps chilling with his homies lol

[Csaba]

Great work, I've been looking forward to seeing this for a while. It's the most accurate representation of the cockpit that I've seen, and the interior looks great.

Do you know what the dimensions (height x width x length) are? I'm trying to work out if I have space for it on my shelf.

Edited November 9 by Csaba

[Evilkirk]

1 hour ago, Csaba said:

Great work, I've been looking forward to seeing this for a while. It's the most accurate representation of the cockpit that I've seen, and the interior looks great.

Do you know what the dimensions (height x width x length) are? I'm trying to work out if I have space for it on my shelf.

Hi thanks for your comment! I actually started with the cockpit in 2023 and if I couldn't get that right, I wasn't going to bother with the rest of it lol. It's the "face" of the ship and (to me) it was the most important part to make accurately.  Dimensions - a lot of people are asking this and I've put full-spec on my Rebrickable post, although I'm not sure if links to that are allowed here... anyway I'll paste some specs for you below with comparisons to the UCS model that I found online.

Height on display stand: Evilkirk 93cm. UCS 71cm.
Width in flight mode: Evilkirk 88.4cm. UCS 57cm.
Landed height: Evilkirk 57cm. UCS 48cm.
Landed width (to gun tips): Evilkirk 42cm. UCS: Unknown.
Length (front to rear): Evilkirk 52cm. UCS Unknown.
Weight: Evilkirk (according to Studio) 4.37kg. UCS 3.9 to 4kg

If anyone's got the UCS version and can fill in the 2 "unknown" measurements in cm, that would be much appreciated!! :D